Mark E. Herr
Circuit Judge · Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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834 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Mark E. Herr across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Family — Seminole County
Education: Stetson University – B.A. – 1982; Mercer University School of Law – J.D. – 1985; Judicial History; Elected County Judge, 18th Judicial Circuit of Florida – January 2001; Administrative Judge, Criminal Division – 2007-2015; Administrative Judge, Criminal Division – 2017 – 2023; Appointed as Circuit Judge, October 2023 - Present; Organizations, Committees, and Commissions; Seminole County Bar Association – 1986-present; Florida Bar Association – 1986-present; Rotary Club of Oviedo – 1990-2001; Rotary Club of Longwood – 2002-2004; Seminole Inn of Court – 2005-present; Conference of County Court Judges, Traffic Court Rules Committee – July 2014-June 2015
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Civil Courthouse, , Sanford, Seminole, Scheduling Hearings
Published forms & procedures: Attorney Scheduling Instructions; Division L Judge Herr's Uniform Procedures for Family Division; Division L - Judge Herr's Virtual Notice Hearing Instructions
Verified against Judge Mark E. Herr's own court profile page, 2026-08-02.
Division L — Family (controlling: AO 26-28-S eff. 2026-07-01)
Seminole Civil Courthouse, Sanford
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Fifth District Court of Appeal (Daytona Beach).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Profile upgraded 2026-08-02: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://flcourts18.org/mark-e-herr-biography/), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 3 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
2 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 834 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 13 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (July 30, 2021–April 10, 2026) that name this judge as the lower-tribunal judge — the courts’ own disposition labels, counted verbatim. This is a census of the appellate record we hold, not a complete case history, an affirmance rate, or a performance rating.
Florida appellate and Supreme Court opinions naming this judge as the lower-tribunal judge, taken verbatim from each court’s official slip opinion (source-hashed). Descriptive record, not a rating.
RICKEY LEE HAWES, JR. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 3, 2026
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MARTYN WOOTON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JAN JOHNSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
CHRIS CHUPP vs ALICIA BRACCIA O/B/O KENDALL BRACCIA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Gary Giordano and Barbara Giordano v. Life Insurance Company of the Southwest
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Team International Services, Inc. v. Eric Berg
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Alan Mansfield v. Life Insurance Company of the Southwest
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Toby Palmer v. Suzanne Marie Palmer
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Christine Young v. Cellor, Inc. d/b/a Urban Air Altamonte Springs
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
YOLANDA Y. PITTMAN A/K/A YOLANDA PITTMAN VS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR SECURITIZED ASSET-BACKED RECEIVABLES LLC,
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Nicholas DeQuattro v. Haley Michelle DeQuattro
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Michael Caraway v. James Vickaryous, Jennifer Ferguson, and Michelle Caraway
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Kwaku Graneek Griffiths v. Magdalene Yorke
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
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